02848nam 2200565 450 991079381270332120230814234020.00-300-24006-610.12987/9780300240061(CKB)4100000009940444(DE-B1597)536085(OCoLC)1129181277(DE-B1597)9780300240061(MiAaPQ)EBC6229977(EXLCZ)99410000000994044420201010d2018 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRadical sacrifice /Terry EagletonNew Haven ;London :Yale University Press,[2018]©20181 online resource (216 p.)0-300-23335-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- 1. Radical Sacrifice -- 2. Tragedy and Crucifixion -- 3. Martyrdom and Mortality -- 4. Exchange and Excess -- 5. Kings and Beggars -- Endnotes -- IndexA trenchant analysis of sacrifice as the foundation of the modern, as well as the ancient, social order The modern conception of sacrifice is at once cast as a victory of self-discipline over desire and condescended to as destructive and archaic abnegation. But even in the Old Testament, the dual natures of sacrifice, embodying both ritual slaughter and moral rectitude, were at odds. In this analysis, Terry Eagleton makes a compelling argument that the idea of sacrifice has long been misunderstood. Pursuing the complex lineage of sacrifice in a lyrical discourse, Eagleton focuses on the Old and New Testaments, offering a virtuosic analysis of the crucifixion, while drawing together a host of philosophers, theologians, and texts-from Hegel, Nietzsche, and Derrida to the Aeneid and The Wings of the Dove. Brilliant meditations on death and eros, Shakespeare and St. Paul, irony and hybridity explore the meaning of sacrifice in modernity, casting off misperceptions of barbarity to reconnect the radical idea to politics and revolution.SacrificeSelf-sacrificeSacrificePhilosophySelf-sacrificePhilosophySacrifice in literatureSelf-sacrifice in literatureSacrifice.Self-sacrifice.SacrificePhilosophy.Self-sacrificePhilosophy.Sacrifice in literature.Self-sacrifice in literature.203.4Eagleton Terry1943-123654MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910793812703321Radical sacrifice3765672UNINA